The Francis Scott Key Bridge and nearby Chesapeake Bay Bridge both survived ship strikes in 1980.
The Scripps News investigative team has unearthed decades-old videos that help explain why the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was not equipped with stronger protection around its supports to guard against getting hit by a ship.
A cargo ship smashed into a piling on the towering Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, bringing down part of the bridge and spilling cars into the bay below, killing 35 people. He notes the straight direction of the channel, as well as its width and depth, and says the design gives ships plenty of room to maneuver around the bridge.
U.S. Coast Guard records that Scripps News obtained from the National Archives detail an accident remarkably similar to what occurred 44 years later.
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